
Senior AI Engineer – MS Copilot
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full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Minnesota • United States
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Salary
💰 $78 - $88 per hour
Job Level
About the role
- Design and implement solutions using Microsoft Copilot Studio, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and Azure OpenAI
- Extend Copilot capabilities through custom engineering, including backend APIs and retrieval systems
- Build and maintain LLM-powered services that support Copilot extensions and standalone enterprise use cases
- Design and implement retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, including:
- Document ingestion and normalization
- Chunking, metadata, and embedding strategies
- Indexing using vector and hybrid search approaches
- Implement hybrid retrieval strategies (keyword + vector + reranking) for grounded AI outputs
- Integrate AI solutions with enterprise systems such as SharePoint, Microsoft Graph, SQL, and internal APIs
- Design systems with clear attention to:
- Security and data access boundaries
- Reliability and failure handling
- Performance, latency, and cost efficiency in Azure
- Establish evaluation, monitoring, and quality metrics for Copilot and LLM-based systems
- Collaborate with client stakeholders to translate business needs into Copilot-first, extensible AI solutions
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering, AI/ML systems, or enterprise platforms
- Hands-on experience within the Microsoft Copilot ecosystem
- Practical experience with Azure OpenAI Service
- Strong Python skills and experience building production APIs (FastAPI, Flask, or similar)
- Experience designing and implementing RAG-based systems
- Solid understanding of prompt design, context management, and grounding techniques
- Experience integrating AI solutions with enterprise data sources
- Comfort working in secure, governed enterprise environments
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision
- Free tele-health
- HSA with company contribution
- Life and disability insurance
- 401k with matching
- Paid Time Off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonFastAPIFlaskRAG-based systemsprompt designcontext managementgrounding techniquesbackend APIsretrieval systemsLLM-powered services
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingattention to detailstakeholder engagement